(Insourcing) Project Planner

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Job Description

Planning/Controlling (Scheduling and Resource Management)

Responsible for coordinating, monitoring and reporting project schedule and resource management information to enable alignment of PRD and partner line schedules and FTE/dollar resources. These schedules include:Clinical study plans (Protocol Development to Final Clinical Study Report) and Clinical Operation Submission activities to support Module 1 and 5 of the submission plan. Identifies and raises schedule conflicts, risks, and resource peaks/troughs appropriately for resolution. Directly participates in and contributes to cross-functional and functional teams to discuss, review, and optimize protocol/project/program schedules and study cost estimates. Monitors progress of project activities towards next project milestone, anticipates and highlights potential variances, supports line/team in critical path analyses and understanding the impact. Performs scenario planning of project timelines within and across protocols and across disease area/portfolio to enable optimum use of local, global, and outsourced resources to ensure efficient delivery of project milestones.

Project Execution and Delivery

Partners with key team members (e.g., PM, Medicinal Sciences, CS&O, DSRD, Commercial) to manage the project and achieve key milestones according to the endorsed timeline, cost, and quality parameters. Contributes to risk management through the identification of operational and project/program risks for discussion with appropriate team leadership. Participates in team discussions to de-risk projects and develop new options to resolve moderately complex issues. Provides the Portfolio Management group with project schedule information to enable effective portfolio management activities.

Analysis and Reporting

Produces what-if scenario analyses (base, optimistic and pessimistic development) based on context obtained from project team members (e.g. PM, Medicinal Sciences, CS&O, DSRD, Commercial). Decisions taken by the team based on these analyses may impact project delivery, costs, and resource requirements. Reviews own work regarding quality of schedule and resource metadata through utilization of quality reports and monitoring/management of such data with the team/line members. Provides timely reporting to the PM, Portfolio Management, and project teams, alerting them to the possibility of endangered/missed or conflicting milestones and critical path activities. Ensures regular information updates and analysis and interpretation of planning and forecasting data to project teams, Portfolio Management, platform lines, and management teams. Utilizes available reporting and visualization tools to support governance and team reporting needs (e.g. OnePager, Business Objects, Spotfire). Provides context to local customers of reports generated globally and consolidates customer feedback to enable improvement of existing reports and generation of new reports.

Process

Partners with project team members (e.g. PM, Medicinal Sciences, CS&O, DSRD, Commercial) to identify opportunities and potential solutions to realize efficiency in the development process. Contributes to continuous improvement of project plans, plan generation, plan utilization, and/or report creation/development processes.

Minimal/Must-have Requirement

Education

Bachelors level degree. B.S. with 2+ years' experience or M.S. with 1-2 years' experience.

Experience

At least 1 year experience in project planning and project management. At least 2 years' experience in pharmaceutical industry or related/similar industry.

Beneficial Relevant Capabilities

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred but not required. Experienced in end-game/regulatory submission planning and/or product launch planning. Experienced with planning and resource forecasting tools (e.g., MS Project, Planisware, OnePager). Experienced user of reporting and office software (e.g., MS Office, Business Objects, Spotfire). Trained/experienced in negotiation, facilitation and managing cross-functional team dynamics.

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.

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